OBC
OBC Gambit?
Jayanta Ghosal
After stitching the upper-caste and Dalit votes, the BJP now wants to make inroads into Other Backward Classes?
Fault Lines and False Notes
Communal resentment still simmers in volatile western UP and no party is averse to harvesting it
A Conspiracy of Yadavs
After blatantly favouring one caste in government appointments, the judiciary comes calling at Akhilesh Yadav’s doorstep
Why Patels Can’t Complain
An unjustified demand for reservations by a dominant group has engulfed Gujarat in a caste struggle for power
JATS: BACKWARD FORWARD
The Supreme Court decision to take Jats off the Central OBC list means that the Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts don’t get the benefit of reservations that others of the community do in Rajasthan
The End of Mandal Politics
It ruled the cow belt for two decades but is now headed for oblivion. An analysis of a social revolution that went wrong
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